Stormtroopers were the only elite shock troops of the Imperial German Army that specialized in commando-style raids, infiltrating the trenches and wiping out the enemy quickly, maneuver warfare, recon
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German stormtroopers training in Sedan, France (1917).
Stormtrooper of the Assault Bataillon Rohr
German stormtrooper on the Western Front wearing the Stahlhelm (1916)
Trench warfare
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Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially shelte
Frontline trenches, 1916; British (upper) and German (lower)
German soldiers of the 11th Reserve Hussar Regiment fighting from a trench, on the Western Front, 1916
Plan of Ruapekapeka Pā 1846, an elaborate and heavily fortified Ngāpuhi innovation, which James Belich has argued laid the groundwork for or essentially invented modern trench warfare
Trenches at the Siege of Vicksburg 1863